Coronna,

That is exactly what I did when I realized the UID trick doesn't work under cygwin.  In fact I wrote myself a short script
as "/usr/local/bin/su" to use in place of "/usr/bin/su".   Like most scripts I write I found I really don't use it.  I just
keep it around incase something I download includes a script or a Makefile that requires a working version of su.

                                                             Bill



> That's way easier:
>
> Add a home dir and a useful shell to SYSTEM's /etc/passwd entry:
>
>   SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:/home/system:/bin/bash
>
> Then:  Install sshd as service, create a private/public key pair, put
> the public key into /home/system/.ssh/authorized_keys and login to your
> system using `ssh -l system localhost'.
>
>
> Or:  Install inetd as service, remove the `*' from SYSTEM's password
> field and login to localhost using rlogin or telnet.
>
> Corinna
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